GREENSBORO — Terri Rogers figured her former Athletic Amateur Union teammate Briana Day was surprised to see her as an opponent for the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game at the Greensboro Coliseum.

“I didn’t get to play much in AAU and she was more of the All-Star. I guess it was more of a shock to her seeing me here,” Rogers said of Day.

But Day — a Syracuse commit who helped Raleigh Millbrook to an undefeated season and the Class 4-A state championship — wasn’t caught off guard to see Rogers on the West team.

“She has always been a hard worker, she’s just matured over time,” Day said. “She’s really grown since I played with her, as far as getting to the basket, staying strong, getting rebounds. I knew she was going to get better. … I commend her because she has really done well.”

That development continued for Rogers with the graduate of Eastern Alamance pulling in a game-high 13 rebounds Monday night.

Although the standout rebound total came in a losing effort — the East team never trailed and won 67-60 — Rogers said she was humbled by the experience of playing in the largest venue of her career.

“Just getting to go through here is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I’ve definitely not taken that for granted,” Rogers said. “I’m very humbled.”

Rogers wasn’t pulling down rebounds right away, as she eased into her role. Because the West team was undersized against the 6-foot-4 Day and others, Rogers spent most of her time getting battered inside for rebounds.

Her only points came on a pair of made free throws in the first half, but the satisfaction came in the form of corralling rebounds in the midst of taking a physical pounding.

“I could have done a lot better to get points on the boards and boxing out myself, but rebounds doesn’t surprise me,” Rogers said.

“I thought that she brought a lot of energy (Monday) night and the fact that she was undersized in the post, which, she has good size,” Fox said. “It’s kind of shocking when you get in a game like this where she was undersized in the post.”

Rogers admitted to being nervous and having some pre-game butterflies, which resulted in somewhat of a slow start.

But she rounded into form by the second half, when she grabbed eight of her rebounds, recorded a steal and drew a charge.

“It would have been nice to win, but we played our hardest and we just had too many turnovers and too many of us not boxing out and they had too many second shots,” Rogers said.